Spool holder



July 10, 1945 J. MALDONAD'O SPOOL HOLDER Filed March 1, 1944 Ali Patented July 10, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE SPOOI. HOLDER Joseph Maldonado, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application March 1, 1944, Serial No. 524,582

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a spool holder and has for its principal object, the provision of a simple, practical and inexpensive device which will receive and hold in convenient and orderly arrangement, a plurality of spools of thread, and said holder being particularly useful in connection with sewing baskets, and the drawers of sewing machines and cabinets.

A further object of my invention is to provide a spool of the character referred to wherein the spools are maintained in position on a base or stand by a resilient member and the parts being constructed and arranged so that the spools may be readily positioned within or removed from said holder.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which;

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a spool holder constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a modified form of the resilient member.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the holder.

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 and 7 are vertical cross sectional views taken through the upper portions of modified forms of my invention.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing and particularly to the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. III designates a base which may be of any desired shape, for instance, square, polygonal or round, as illustrated and composed of suitable material, such as wood, lightweight metal or plastics. Formed in the top of this base is a shallow groove channel I I, preferably concentric with the margin and rising from the center of said base is a short post I2.

Detachably secured on the upper end of post I2 by means of a button I3 which is screw seated on a threaded stud I4 projecting upward from the center of the post, is a disc I5 of thin fiat resilient material such as metal, plastics or fibre board.

The outer portion of this resilient member is positioned above the channel II, and this bears on the upper ends of the spools positioned in said channel. To position a spool in the holder, the upper end of the spool is placed beneath the marginal portion of disc I5 and the latter is flexed upward a sufficient distance to permit the lower end of the spool to be moved inwardly over the marginal flange Illa on the base and thereby rest in the channel, where said spool is held by pressure of the disc on its upper end.

To remove a spool from the holder, it is only necessary to lift the spool a short distance against the resistance offered by disc l5, and the spool tilted so as to enable the lower end thereof to pass above flange Illa.

In Fig. 2 the right hand one of the spools is shown in position while being placed in or removed from the holder.

In Fig. 3 the resilient disc is shown as being slotted or notched radially so as to form a plurality of resilient fingers I5a which bear on the upper ends of the inserted spools.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a modification comprising a rectangular base I6, on the center of which is secured an upstanding block II, which gradually decreases in width and length toward its upp r end.

Base I6 is provided with an upwardly projecting marginal flange I8 and the space between this flange and the base of block II provides a shallow spool base receiving channel I9.

Positioned on top of block II is a plate 20 of thin resilient material, the outer portion of which is positioned above channel I!) so as to bear on the upper ends of the spools positioned therein. Secured to the top of block I 'I and disposed above plate 20 is a small rail III which serves as a handle in lifting the holder.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modified structure wherein a straight portion of resilient wire 25 projects upward from the base or a central post thereon, with the greater portion of said wire bent to form a low conical coil 26, comprising two or three convolutions and terminating in a horizontally disposed lower ring or loop 21, which is adapted to bear on the upper ends of the spools.

In Fig. 7 an inverted bowl shaped member 28 of thin resilient material is centrally supported over the base of the holder and said member may be slotted radially to provide fingers 29, the outer ends of which bear on the upper ends of the spools.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a spool holder which is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved spool holder may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the inventions, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A spool holder comprising a base having in its upper face a depression adapted to receive the lower ends of spools, a member projecting upward from the center of said base and a resilient member mounted on the upper portion of said upwardly projecting member, the marginal portion of which resilient member is positioned above the spool receiving depression in said base and disposed inwardly from and parallel with the outer edge of said depression.

2. A spool holder comprising a base provided in its upper face with a shallow channel adapted to receive the lower ends of spools, a post projecting upwardly from the--center of said base and a thin resilient member secured to the upper portion of said post, the edge of which resilient member being disposed parallel with and inwardly from the outer edge of said channel and the space between the upper face of the base, outwardly from the channel therein and the marginal portion of said resilient member, being less than the length of the spools positioned in said channel.

JOSEPH MALDONADO. 

